Halloween song demo- Werewolves of London
Michael4000
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Please provide feedback for improvement.
Yes, that's my 2-year-old you can faintly hear screaming in the background, lol.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=utLOmXugt-w
Yes, that's my 2-year-old you can faintly hear screaming in the background, lol.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=utLOmXugt-w
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Good Job!
Nice job Michael.
Peace, Tony
When you get to that page, just hit new discussion at the top (on my computer it's blue), and post your link.
Peace, Tony
Timing issues are very common with singers, it can make singers sound really bad even when everything else is spot on. The way that I corrected this issue in the past was to sing with the original singer about 40 or so times then I would get the karaoke track and sing through it about 20 times. After doing that I felt pretty comfortable with the song. Then a couple karaoke outings cemented it in place.
Needless to say that process is pretty time consuming, so what I did about 3 months into my KTVA course was to add timing exercises and I also made all of my practices a consistent BPM with a consistent note length. This seems to be helping a lot.
My two cents
Timing is very critical to my experience especially for keyboard players and singers. Drummers, Bass players and Guitar players are often used to play to the metronome. Keyboards players are often told to give their feeling a fly. That is okay if you are playing alone, but not in a band. Singers often never ever heard heard of the "clicking" apparatus.
But timing is very crucial for Singers. As @HuduVudu wrote: "it can make singers sound really bad even when everything else is spot on." - How would it sound if Sheena wouldn't have been in tight timing on this song (Sometimes english grammar eludes my insights):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_3vZYOYNYU
But there is a good way for Singers to train this tight timing. I use a App that ist called "Anytune" which is able to tune tracks up/down and even slow them down or speed them up. This might also help to work on the timing. I suggest to start at real slower speeds often. Get the groove first - speed comes by itself.
Nevertheless, @Michael4000 it is very good to see that you take this so serious - and - that you are a invigorating member of this forum.
Happy Helloween,
Doc
Also what other issues can you hear in addition to timing that I can work ?
Truthfully I had to look up the song myself. It is originally by Warren Zevon. Is that right?
It listened to it. But Warren is more on the beat (tries it) than you and has a pretty good timing, at least on the two first verses.
You called that style "talky" - Yeah, that is right. It is hard to put so many words in such a short time (Chapeau, you rappers). And to be honest, in the third verse Warren Zevon is of the beat, too.
Kind regards,
Doc
PS.:
I would put it in the pocket "Songs that I thought could work for my voice but didn't" - That playlist includes 147 songs for myself."
I was once at a karaoke bar and a guy sang a Michael Jackson tune. He sounded terrible sonically. He wasn't even close to in range and really he didn't care. What he did and did very well was to play with the sound through timing. People were really entertained by him, and he got pretty much a standing ovation for sucking. On one of my recent adventures in karaoke I sang the Bruno Mars song Uptown funk. OMG I could not hit the notes my voice cracked ... but I had the feel and the timing down. I really liked the song and people could tell, everyone was clapping everyone was singing. Singing is at the end of the day entertainment. People that want to be singers often don't understand this. You can have super awesome range and great everything but if you come off like a dead fish no one wants to listen to you.
Maybe that can help you understand
Peace, Tony
Peace, Tony